WhoWasThisGuy logo

WhoWasThisGuy

Free online memorials, obituaries and biographies. Honor the people you lost, discover famous lives, and share the stories that deserve to live forever.

Navigation

  • Home
  • Lives
  • Browse by Country
  • Browse by Year
  • On This Day
  • About
  • FAQ

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Imprint
  • Image Policy
  • Request Removal
  • Contact

WhoWasThisGuy. All rights reserved.

WhoWasThisGuy logoWhoWasThisGuy
  • Lives
  • On This Day
  • Browse by Country
  • Browse by Year
  • Lives
  • On This Day
  • Browse by Country
  • Browse by Year

Language

  1. Home
  2. Lives
  3. Born
  4. 1912
  5. August
DiedBorn
Lives Begun

Who was born in August 1912

6 memorials found

View all in Lives with filter applied
IO

Ichiji Otani

19122007

Japanese association football player who represented the Japan national team, contributing to the sport's early development in his country

Erich Honecker

Erich Honecker

1912

1994

German communist politician and leader of East Germany for nearly two decades, serving as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party and Chairman of the State Council, known for close ties to the Soviet Union

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

19121996

American dancer, actor, director, and choreographer known for his energetic style and pioneering 'dance for the common man'

Salvador Luria

Salvador Luria

19121991

Italian American microbiologist and Nobel laureate known for discoveries on viral replication and genetic structure

Jorge Amado

Jorge Amado

19122001

Brazilian writer, poet, and novelist known for his modernist works translated into 49 languages, depicting a Mestiço Brazil and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature multiple times

Raoul Wallenberg

Raoul Wallenberg

1912

Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian who saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust by issuing protective passports and creating safe houses